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If the Hobbit movie is made, and thus the Hasbro LOTR/Middle-earth action figure line is restarted, which action-figure based on a character from "The Hobbit" would you most want to be made?

(young) Bilbo Baggins

Gandalf the Gray (Hobbit version)

Elrond (Hobbit version)

The Great Goblin

Snow-giant (across the valley the stone-giants were out, and were hurling rocks at one another for a game... )

Gwaihir the Windlord (Lord of the Eages, who while in the LOTR trilogy, never got an action figure...though the Fell Beasts DID. Perhaps a "Bilbo riding Gwaihir" analagous to the "Fell Beast with Ringwraith" toy)

I noticed that the Harry Potter fans have a lot of fun deciding what "house" of Hogwarts they'd be selected for/want to be in, and I think LOTR's elves provide a bit of a parallel for Ringers to play with.

House Feanor (ruthless and cunning, like HP's Slytherins)

House Fingolfin (all around noble and brave, like HP's Gryffindors)

House Finarfin (peace-loving and gentle, not warlike, like HP's Hufflepuffs)

The Sindar under King Thingol (I guess like the Ravenclaws from HP; pretty smart and willing to fight)

Yes, Tolkien invented the character of Legolas after the Hobbit was written as a way of linking LOTR to the Hobbit, but retroactively Legolas should appear in it. I don't care what capacity he appears in the film.

Yes, and Legolas should be a major character, stealing the scene during battle-sequences

Yes, but he should only be a moderately-sized character, filling in for when "nameless Elves" or "Thranduil's lieutenant" talk during the book

Yes, but he should be limited to a small cameo

Legolas should be in it, and David Bowie (who wanted to be Elrond but didn't get the part) should be cast as his father Thranduil!

Should a "White Council" scene be inserted into the Hobbit?
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The White Council and the attack on Dol Guldur take place "off screen" in the books, but should they appear "on screen" in the Hobbit film, to allow more already-loved characters (like Galadriel and Saruman) plus new ones (like the other Wizards) to appear in the films?

Yes, I really want to see Saruman and Galadriel again, plus maybe Radagast, and viewing the entire "Hobbit Prequel duology" (Hobbit plus Appendix film) as providing more well-rounded setup for the vast plot of LOTR, it would be a good opportunity to explain more backstory elements about the overall mythos and "global affairs" in M-e.

No, it didn't appear in the text, and might eat up a lot of screentime.

We all heard the complaints that Arwen was expanded for FOTR because they needed a prominent female role in a big "Hollywood" film, and Eowyn doesn't show up until TTT. Even then, LOTR has few major female characters (besides Galadriel, etc.)

"The Hobbit" book has essentially no female parts or even speaking roles, beyond crowd scenes in Hobbiton, the Elvenking's fortress, and Lake-town.

How should the film handle this?

Make some previously male characters female

Insert an entirely new character that Thorin & Co. encounter on their Quest

Do what the book does exactly, and do not try to artificially create more female roles

Do *essentially* what the book does, but during crowd scenes in Hobbiton, Rivendell, Mirkwood, Lake-town, etc. make female-crowd members more prominent, giving them more throw-away lines to shout, ultimately not changing the "overall" story

The Official Announcement is in, but the eternal question still looms. Who should direct The Hobbit & The LOTR Prequel?
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1. Peter Jackson - The only right person for the job 2. Fran Walsh - She filmed some of the most delicate scenes in LOTR, so The Hobbit is right up her alley 3. An "unknown" director from Jackson's camp - One of the 1st or 2nd unit LOTR directors 4. A director like Sam Raimi or Guillermo Del Toro

The poll I'm referring to, specifically, is "How would you like to see the non-humanoid characters in 'The Hobbit' speak?", but it can go generally for the other recent frontpage polls too.

I don't see this poll listed in this thread anywhere -- infact, it's been inactive since December last year. I looked for it to be in one of the recent open threads under Pollantir, but didn't locate it anywhere.

What prompted me to look, and ask, is I wanted to comment on the current poll. I think it is missing an option, something like, "Talk the way Tolkien descibes them." Because he does present different ways of talking for different creatures and things.

So, I'm wondering if all polls get a chance for comment prior to posting? Or whether some, many, most or all are what I call (when my boss asks me why did I do that?) an "executive decision"? :)

Thanks for your time. Sorry if this info is already illuminated elsewhere. I did make some attempt to find the answers on my own first. The Black Knight Always Triumphs!!

I would like my post "Attention All Gamers!!!" to be on the frontpage. I'm new so don't be reluctant to correct me or whatever thanks. Oh yeah... was I not supposed to put in on the Pollintir first? OOPS... Help to stop the dark lord! Ring Master

But if the fornt page poll can't do multiple answer questions then the question could also be: Which is your favourite Tolkien Book? So there's an option, and sorry if I missed any of the other popular/main tolkien books. You know you're cool when... -You have a nerd-spasm just because you walk by your Lord of the Rings Extended Edition DVDs. -You cry at the end of return of the king even though you've seen it about 13 times. -You check TOR.n for updates when you should be doing your geography project. -You would rather have Richard Taylor's autograph than Merryl Streep's. -You doodle Treebeard in the margins of your math homework. But if that's what I'm like... well than too bad for normal people!